Bonsai In Tokyo

In japan a national treasure must show either outstanding workmanship or a high value for world cultural history or an exceptional value for scholarship.

Bonsai in tokyo. If you re here in february there is a big bonsai exhibition at tokyo metroplitan art museum in ueno. The garden is an absolute highlight and should not be missed. Some of the nurseries allow walk in visitors and happy to help with any questions. Another key event is the taikan ten held each november in kyoto.

Very friendly staff and great value for 800 yen. Located outside tokyo in saitama well known for its 10 bonsai nurseries that make up the omiya bonsai village this is japan s only public bonsai museum and a must for anyone who appreciates the dedication that goes into creating the miniature landscape of a bonsai often for generations. The most important exhibition is the kokufu ten where the highest quality bonsai trees of japan are displayed.

The village also has an excellent bonsai art museum which explains well the various aspects of bonsai. In japan one of the oldest and most famous bonsai trees is the 500 year old sandai shogun no matsu which has been designated as a national treasure. If you wish to buy a bonsai learn about bonzai enjoy looking at bonsai the place to go is bonsai village bonsai mura in omiya. There is a bonsai shop in ginza called ginza uchiku ann that you can have a look around in.

The village is a collection of bonsai nurseries that relocated there from tokyo after the great kanto earthquake of 1923. Ueno green club nezu station also has a festival in february and one in early november. Kunio kobayashi s shunkaen bonsai garden in tokyo japan. The exhibition is held in tokyo in february.

For shohin lovers the most important show is the gafu ten also held in kyoto in january. It is a working bonsai nursery only about 30 mins from tokyo and full of incredible and beautiful bonsai some hundreds of years old. Otherwise the omiya one or shunka en as mentioned above. Practitioners shape their landscapes by pruning branches bending them and fixing them with wires.

Bonsai is the traditional japanese art of creating and contemplating miniature natural landscapes in pots using trees and other plants. Located just outside tokyo in saitama city this beautiful area is full of bonsai nurseries and private gardens with many of these potted trees. Nicknamed bonsai nursery the village of omiya is a must for lovers of these small trees.